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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2001
Kenichi Hayashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Sumitomo Heavy Industries, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for observing marks includes the steps of irradiating illumination light onto a transparent substrate from one end surface thereof, the transparent substrate bearing marks constituted by cracks formed in the inner portion thereof, and observing the light scattered by the marks on one side of the transparent substrate. In the step of observing the light scattered by the marks, a black plate-shaped material or a black body is placed on the other side of the transparent substrate so that the black plate-shaped material or the black body covers a field of view of a light receiver.
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